"رحلات في آشور، ميديا، وبلاد فارس، بما في ذلك رحلة من بغداد مروراً بجبل زاغروس وصولاً إلى حمدان، في أكباتانا القديمة، والبحوث في أصفهان وأطلال برسبوليس، ورحلة منها مروراً بشيراز وشابور وصولاً إلى ساحل البحر. وصف البصرة، بوشهر، البحرين، هرمز، ومسقط، وسرد لحملة ضد قراصنة الخليج العربي، مع رسومات توضيحية لرحلة بحرية لنيرتشوس، والمرور ببحر العرب إلى بومباي. [‎٢‎٩‎٤] (٥٨٢/٣٢٥)

294 SHIRAZ.
in which the public executions take place ; and at the arched en
trance, opposite to the great mosque of the Wakeel, we were
shown the wooden pins at which men are suspended by the heels
when they are beheaded, and then cut down in halves like a
sheep by the knife of the butcher. Fresh blood was here shown
us upon the wall; and we were taken into a prison, where several
men lay in chains for execution on the following morning.
O ct. 27th.—We extended our excursion to places without the
walls of the town to-day, and, still having one of the Khan's ser
vants for a guide, we went out of the northern gate of the town
by a wide road, and, after about a mile's ride, came to the garden
and royal seat called Takht-e-Kudjur, or throne of the Kudjur.
On an eminence of rock, at the foot of the mountain, is built a
neat pleasure-house, which commands a fine view of the plain, and
the town of Shiraz bearing directly south of it. The interior de
corations of the chief apartments are rich and varied, and consist
of painting and gilding in the Persian style. There are smaller
apartments adjoining; an open paved court with a fountain
behind, and a fine large garden in front, thickly covered with
trees, among which the cypress is predominant. In the centre of
this was a place called Koola Frangi, or Frank's hat, from a re
semblance to it in shape. It stood in the middle of a large piece
of water, and served as the elevated stage of a fountain. This
place was built by Aga Mohammed Khan, the eunuch King, and
first of the Kudjurs who ascended the throne—from whence it
derives its name. #
From hence, about half a mile eastward, we came to a new
garden and palace, now building by the Shah Zade, and called
Bagh-No. In the way, we saw on our left, high on the mountain
* n h ! 'L a ^ t " e - Kud j ur » at Shiraz, was built by the present family of Persia on the site of
rj r-n a ^ aira j a h' knilt by the fifth Alla-Beg 1 , the founder also of a college there.—
riisf. of Persia, v. i. p. 386.
p. ill" TUrkiSh tribe ^ K,ldjUr ^ b,: ' : "^ ht fr0m Syria t0 Persia b y Timoor.— v. ii.